Saturday, June 3, 2017

Paper craft project no. 504: Happy birthday

Hello! It has been a long time since I posted here. Sorry about that -- something's been cooking the last couple of months and I'll spill the beans in a few weeks :o)

Anyway, a new challenge starts today at Less Is Moreand I'm thrilled the wonderful ladies over there are letting me play with them and share my take on the challenge theme this week! STAMPlorations is sponsoring this month and if you play along, you get the chance to win a $25 gift certificate to the store.

Now it was quite impossible for me to look at that photo and not have ice cream. So while I thought about how I was going to design my card (hey, a CAS card makes me think doubly hard!), I treated myself to some Ben & Jerry's non-dairy chocolate fudge brownie ice cream :o) Of course, it had to be done in stealth mode (i.e., when the Kat is napping). A scoop later, I had an idea. I stamped the grungy frame from Floral Bliss at an angle and then took the brand spankin' new Cupcake Builder #1 CUTplorations dies out for a spin. I found cardstock that could pass for chocolate and vanilla and then for the strawberry, I sponged spun sugar DI onto white cardstock. I repeatedly stamped the sentiment from A Snarky Birthday to You in alternating chocolate and pink colors along the bottom of the card to finish it off.

11 comments:

Beautiful card, Shery ! What a yummy cupcake you've done here with the Neapolitan colors ! Love also the grungy frame ! A fabulous CAS card for our challenge !We are so delighted having you as our guest designer this week and thank you so much for sponsoring us in June ! Have a great WE !

Wonderful card, Shery. Love the new cupcake builder die and the dimensions you achieved. The B&G fudge brownie ice-cream sounded delicious. Thank you for guest designing this week and sponsoring us this month at Less is More. Enjoy your weekend.

Fantastic use of those ice-cream colour shery and what a perfect cupcake die to showcase them with. Super CAS design, striking, fun and super elegant too. Thanks for being a wonderful guest designer and sponsor for Less is More. xx

What a great CAS design, Shery! I love the sentiment border you created and the colors work very well for a cup cake, great thinking! Thank you for being a generous sponsor and such fabulous guest designer! :)

well, this was worth the wait...and ice cream is the perfect treat to get creativity stewing. I use it often as my waistline can attest. This truly is a fantastic take on the inspiration. Really yummy.

What a fab card, Shery! I absolutely love the cupcake and the "wonky" frame which really draws the eye in. The sentiment strip at the bottom is a great touch, really grounding and yet still so perfectly CAS. Brilliant! Thanks so much for being our sponsor and an awesome guest designer for Less is More!

Loving your card, Shery! The grungy frame at a jaunty angle is the perfect backdrop for the fabulous cupcake, loving the dribbly frosting! A great idea for the sentiment too, adding it into the base border is a genius idea. It's great having you with us this week and thanks for being our sponsor once again x

In my other life, I’m a ghostwriter, an editor, the author of several books on journaling, an email course developer, and software creator. I've also been building and designing websites since 1999 and providing graphic design services for clients since 2002. I began dabbling in mixed media in 2008 and have sold my artwork. In June 2013, I started a stamp company and began turning my illustrations into stamps. I’ve been married to my best friend, a super wonderful man, since 2004 and we live in Central California. In August 2015, we welcomed our first child. We wanted another one so in December 2017, I gave birth to our second. I love scrapbooking (traditional and digital), card-making, mixed media, and basically anything that involves exercising one’s creativity! Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely, creative day! :-)

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